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Nokia to begin manufacture of mobile switching and base station controllers in China
August 14, 1998
Nokia's joint venture Beijing Nokia Hang Xing Telecommunications Systems Ltd., (BNT) is being expanded to manufacture Mobile Switching Centres (MSC's) and Base Station Controllers (BSC's) . The joint venture, established in 1994, already produces DX 200 fixed switching systems.
With this new production facility, MSC's and BSC's will also be manufactured for use in the China market. The expansion will provide work for around 300 people over the next three years.
"This provides a good opportunity for us to expand civil industry putting us in a better position to serve the market driven society," says Mr Shen Zhi Qiang, General Manager of the Hang Xing Machinery Manufacturing Company, Nokia's partner in the BNT joint venture.
Folke Ahlbäck, Senior Vice President, Nokia, China explains, "Building up the manufacture of highly sophisticated mobile switching products in China will expand our local competence base and increase our capability to serve our Chinese customers."
Nokia currently has six production sites in China, providing telecommunications infrastructure and mobile phone products, as well as after sale services.
Nokia offers total GSM systems, with everything from digital mobile phones to transmission and switching, with one of the highest capacity mobile switches in the market today. Having supplied GSM technology to 72 operators in 36 countries, Nokia ranks as the world's largest supplier of GSM 1800 networks and one of the two largest in GSM 900.
Nokia is a broad-scope communications company supplying mobile phones, mobile and fixed telecommunications networks, wireless data communications solutions, multimedia terminals and computer monitors. In 1997, net sales totaled FIM 52.6 billion ($9.8 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the NYSE (NOK.A), has sales in 130 countries and employs more than 41,000 people worldwide.
Further information:
Communications Department
Nokia Telecommunications
Tel. (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8193
Fax (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8199
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